Rail-joint chair



Aug. 31 1926.

A. SERAFINE RAIL JOINT CHAIR l Filed Dec. 24, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 w guemtoz J/fanao eff/W Aug. 31 1926.

1,598,158 ASERAFINE RAIL: JOINT CHAIR Filed Dec. 2 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 foflaa ciergjjl'i Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

- UNITED STATES ALFoNso SERAFINE, or :PETBOLIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT CHAIR. 7

Application filed December 24, 1925. Serial No. 77,505.

'This invention relates to rail chairs and one of the objects of this invention is the provision of means for effectively connecting the confronting ends of railway rails in such manner as to give full support to the rails, hold said rails from vertical movement in either direction and against any oscillating o1- canting strain, such means, however, permitting the rails to have a limited longitudinal movement to allow for contraction and expansion.

A further object is the provision of a rail joint chair comprising two members between which the adjacent ends of the rails are supported, which members have wedging engagement with each other and with the rails, and in this connection, to provide means whereby the two members may be longitudinally shifted with relation to each other so as to, from time to time, increase the wedging engagement and take up slack.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of my invention Figure 1 is a top plan view of my rail chair with the adjacent ends of rails'applied thereto, certain of-the parts being broken away; 7 I

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of F igure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the main member of the joint of chair;

Figure 5 is a similar view of the other member of the chair or joint.

My improved rail chair includes a base plate 10, having a rail section 11 integrally formed with the base plate and upstanding therefrom, this rail section 11 having the usual web andhead, one side of the head being formed with a depending flange 12, the inner face of which extends downward and outward as at 13. (last or otherwise formed integrally with the plate and with the rail section 1 1 is a vertical wall 1.4 which has alength equal to the length of the plate 10, is offset from the web 15 of the rail and has its upper edge on a level with the inner face of the head 11, and constitutes a fish plate. This wall 14 is connected to one margin of theplate 10 by the downwardly and outwardly extending flange 16 which merges into the margin of the plate 10. This fish plate 14 is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plate 10. The lower edge of the wall 14 and the adj acent portion of the flange 16 are spaced from the upper face of the plate so that the base flanges of the abutting rails A, may be inserted beneath the overhanging flange 16.

Confronting the fish plate or wall 14 and formed integrally with the plate 10 is an upwardly and inwardly extending flange 17, this flange, however, being disposed at an angle to the fish plate or wall 14. The middle of thisflange is formed with an inward and upward extension 18 which is spacer from the upper face ofthe plate 1.0, as shown most clearly in Figure .2 and this extension has at its base the longitudinally extending thickened portion 19, formed with an elliptical bore 20.

Coasting with the plate 10, which constitutes one member of the rail chair, is a plate 21 which is wider at one end than at the other, this plate 21 having a slightly angu lar marginal portion'22 and at its other margin being formed with the upwardly extending wall or fish plate 23, beveled at its upper edge so as to fit beneath the overhanging flange 12. This plate 21-at its middle and at the junction with the wall '23 is provided with the overhanging flange 24, which is tapered from one end to the other in conformity with the taper of the plate. Also formed integrally with ,the plate 21 and adjacent to the marginal portion 22 is aboss 25 having a longitudinal bolt bore. The plate 21 inward of the boss 25, is formed with a notch 26 and the plate 10 is formed with a spike hole 27 with which the elongated notch is adapted to register.

In theuse of this chair the abutting rails A will be disposed upon the plate 10 and abutted against the rail section 11. The plate 21 will then be inserted beneath the flange 17 and driven home, and as the flange 17 is inclined it follows that the plate 21 and the fish plate 23 will be forced inward into tight and binding engagement with the rail ends. hen the chair has clamped the rails tightly, a bolt 28 is placed through the boss 25, the end of the bolt fastened through the elliptical bore 20 and the nuts are tightened up to force the plate 21 into tight and clamping engagement with the rail ends. By using this chair the employment of bolts passing through the joint sections and the webs of the rails is entirely dispensed with and the confronting ends of the railway rails may be connected in an formed at one edge with an integral over-' easy and expeditious manner and rigidly held against movement in any direction, except longitudinally, due to expansion and contraction. The base plate may obviously be made with spurs to enter'the ties desired. I

Preferably, though not necessarily, the under face of the baselO is formed'with downwardly projecting spurs to engage the rail tie.

xlaiinor'modifications might be made in this chair without departing fronrthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims. 4 v

I claim r 1. A rail joint chair comprising a plate hangingflange and a vertical fish plate wall extending upward tl1erefron1,said plate beingformed confronting said wall with an overhanging flange extending at an inclination to the wall, and a fish plate section inand formed with an integrally overhanging flange, a vertical fish plate wall at each end of the rail section, said plate being formed confronting said wall with an overhanging flange extending at an inclination to the first named wall, the head of the rail section being formed-with a depending flange, and a fish plate section insertible benea'th'the last named flanges, and having an inclined side edgewhereby it may have wedging engagement with the inclined flange, and means ar ranged between the main section of the chair and said fish plate, whereby the fish plate may be longitudinally shifted to take up slack.

3. A rail joint chair comprising a base plate, the plate having an upwardly' extending wall constitutinga fish plate, the lower portion of the wall having a downwardly and laterally extending flange merging into the base plate, the opposite portion of the base plate having an upwardly and inwardl extending flange inclined with relation to the signature;

wall and having a portion extending inward over and inspaced relation to the base, and havinga. boss formed with a longitudinally extending bore and a fish plate member, angular in cross section," having its base flange insertible beneath the last named flange on the base plate and having its edge inclined to bear against the inclined flange, said fish plate being formed with an inwardly extending: overhanging flange adapted to engage over'the extension on the inclined base plate, and-saidfish plate member having an upwardly extending boss and a longitudinal bore for, the reception of a bolt and adapted to align with said firstnamed bore, and'a bolt passing through said bores whereby .the fish plate "member may be shifted with relation to the base plate.

4. Av rail joint chair comprising. a base plate having an integral railsection in its middle, the plate on one side of the rail section having an upwardly extending wall constituting a fishplate, the lower portion of the wall having a downwardly and laterally extending flange merging into the base plate, the opposite porti'on of the base plate having an'upwardly and inwardly extending hanging flange adapted to engage over the 7 extension on the inclined base plate, and said fish plate member having an upwardly e:*- tending boss, formed with a longitudinal bore for the receptionof a bolt and adapted to align withisaid-firstl-named bore, and a bolt passingthrough saidbores whereby the fishplate member may be shifted withrelation to theb'ase plate, the base being formed with a spike aperture [and the fish plate member having a notch in" one margin adapt-- ed toya'linewith the aperture and through which a spike may be'driven into the tie. V

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my ALEONSO snnarnuc. 

